Ricoh Europe, Duesseldorf, 3 June 2016 – Ricoh Europe, on behalf of MarcomCentral, a Ricoh company, today unveiled a new tool that brings a modern overhaul and added scalability to the job submission process for print providers. JobDirect® Plus empowers inplant and print service providers with a seamless way for their end clients to create engaging, customised printed collateral through a responsive and touch-friendly User Interface (UI) while adding greater efficiency and integration within the operation’s overall workflow.

As our new world of work continues to evolve, print service providers are engaging with a wider range of clients beyond the savvy print professional. As such, the need for an easy-to-use tool is imperative to enable users without a strong production print background to submit jobs. JobDirect provides greater value to the end user through more relevant features and customising options while allowing inplant and print service providers to fully integrate these new jobs into their production workflow, reducing disruptions for one-time submissions. Integration of JobDirect with Ricoh TotalFlow offerings also helps streamline and increase the efficiency of a print business’s overall operation, enabling print jobs to flow through a fully automated print production path with no user intervention required.

Print providers can launch a customer-facing online ordering process with JobDirect Plus and scale as customer needs, and their own needs, grow. Integration with the MarcomCentral family of products brings value-add services like variable data publishing, brand control, email marketing, sales enablement, analytics and more.

Hosted in Europe, JobDirect Plus is offered as both a standalone online submission tool that emits press-ready files for production or as an add-on to the MarcomCentral Web-to-Print product, offering a flexible and competitive way to build new revenue streams as the need arises. With its sleek and contemporary UI, JobDirect Plus now gives print professionals, marketers and others a simple and intuitive way to […]

Ricoh Europe, London, 20 July 2016 – Ricoh has expanded its portfolio of wide format production systems by making the Ricoh MP CW2201SP available all over Europe as well as the Middle East and Africa. This new generation multifunction wide format printer combines outstanding productivity and levels of usability. It offers companies superior mono to colour print production value, delivering high-speed monochrome printing at 3.8 A1 pages per minute and colour prints at 2.1 A1 pages per minute.

The printer is designed for CAD/GIS and graphic applications. It is a flexible device, and optimally positioned for CAD and graphic applications. This makes colour output more affordable than ever, as the Ricoh MP CW2201SP can print, copy and scan in full colour or high-speed mono.
The printer features Ricoh PrintHead Piezo technology and advanced four colour CMYK GEL-Jet™ waterproof ink technology with zero drying time. Its auto nozzle detection feature boosts efficiency by preventing clogged nozzles, which benefits the cost effectiveness of our clients, and ensures a lower total cost of ownership during the lifetime of the machine.
The Ricoh MP CW2201SP is environmentally friendly, and is Energy Star compliant. It consumes less than 200W when printing and meets the RoHS  (Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive).

Cost effective indoor and outdoor graphics
Benoit Chatelard, Vice President, Production Printing, Ricoh Europe, says: “With the Ricoh MP CW2201SP we are helping print service providers to easily add wide format to their existing capabilities. Now they can increase their mono volumes or deliver a cost effective mix of both mono and colour jobs. Its ease of set up and operation, combined with its productivity and quality, makes it ideal for colour graphic applications for paper media, both indoor and outdoor.”
Chatelard adds: “The highly versatile Ricoh MP CW2201SP will perform in a wide range of markets. Clients can invest to meet a current business need and […]

Newest cutsheet series enables printers of all sizes to embrace digital solutions at an affordable price point, and maximize growth opportunities

Malvern, PA, September 10, 2015 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced the availability of the RICOH Pro C9100 and RICOH Pro C9110 – its newest high speed, heavy segment production color digital printer series – aimed at blasting away the cost-of-entry barrier for small to large print service providers who are looking to either transition from offset into the high-volume digital market or acquire more feature-rich, less costly equipment.

Producing high quality, high speed digital output with variable data options, the RICOH Pro C9100 series provides printers with a greater feature set for transforming and delivering their information. It offers fast turnaround times and more personalization at a price that enhances profitability. In today’s world of work, this best-in-class solution ultimately gives print service providers what they have been asking for – an affordable solution with a broader range of media capabilities and superior toner transfer technology for producing marketing collateral, such as brochures and flyers, and direct mail pieces, including coupons and postcards.

“Ricoh’s team and solutions have brought unprecedented value to my business in such a short amount of time,” said Lawrence Chou, Chief Executive Officer of MGX Copy. “In our market, we are constantly seeking ways to stay ahead of the competition while driving new sources of revenue. From the first time I saw the RICOH Pro C9110, I knew that it was the system for us.”

The RICOH Pro C9100 and RICOH Pro C9110 print at speeds of up to 110 and 130 pages per minute (ppm) respectively, with 1200 x 4800 dpi at VCSEL image quality. With advanced Fiery controller options and the ability to support paper weights of up to 400gsm in both simplex and duplex while maintaining rated engine speed, the series […]

Malvern, PA, August 26, 2015 – Although the new world of work is becoming increasingly mobile, workers often hit the wall when they need to print from smartphones and tablets.

That’s why Ricoh today expanded the options for mobile-minded organizations with Ricoh HotSpot Express, an easy, affordable way for companies to turn on mobile printing for employees, partners and guests.

With HotSpot Express, authorized mobile workers and guests can print content from their mobile device to any network printer through a mobile app, email, Web print portal or Windows application. Since HotSpot Express is an on-premise solution, print jobs never go beyond the firewall.

“Today’s workers expect their information in the right place at the right time to make time-sensitive decisions, so it doesn’t cut it when the critical information you need to share is trapped in your phone,” said John Brophy, Vice President, Product Marketing, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “Paper documents are still relevant collaboration tools, and that means workers need to be able to print on demand. Successful organizations need to provide their employees with this level of information mobility today.”

HotSpot Express powered by PrinterOn® is the latest Ricoh offering in the HotSpot mobile printing family. An ideal solution for organizations with basic mobile printing requirements, HotSpot Express can be easily upgraded as needs change to HotSpot Enterprise for more functionality with features such as cluster server support for scalability, advanced mobile device management software integration, Oracle ERP printing and API access for custom workflow integrations. HotSpot Printer/HotSpot MFP is also available and uses the public cloud to move information from workers’ devices to printers.

Following a quick download, organizations can use an intuitive Web interface to deploy HotSpot Express immediately across multiple users, networks and locations with little or no IT intervention. Organizations can employ the same printing workflows and security controls they always have, integrating it […]

RICOH SP C440DN adds support for second network, keeps costs at industry lows

Malvern, PA, September 9, 2015 – Ricoh today unveiled a new version of its market-leading laser printer for workgroups needing all-day affordable, reliable color in higher-than-average volumes. The RICOH SP C440DN prints 42 pages of business documents per minute and in sizes up to 8.5 inches by 14 inches at resolutions up to 1200 x 1200 dpi.

Offering among the industry’s lowest cost per page, the printer also supports today’s newest workstyles. It enables mobile workers to print on demand via the RICOH Smart Device Print&Scan app. The RICOH SP C440DN can serve as many as two networks at once – e.g., a business’s main and guest networks. An optional hard drive adds additional security options and enables printing on demand of commonly used documents.

“The RICOH SP C440DN updates models that led their market for years, helping companies achieve higher levels of information mobility even as they contain costs,” said John Brophy, Vice President, Product Marketing, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “The new model preserves what customers liked, adds several new things they asked for such as dual network support, and surprises them with capabilities we know they’ll love.”

The low cost of ownership makes it easy for companies to upgrade from monochrome to cost-effective color printing to make a bigger business impact. The RICOH SP C440DN prints documents in black and white at a cost of 1 cent per page and in color for 5 cents, well under typical costs of 7 cents per page and up.

The printer handles the broadest range of media in its class – up to 140lb stock. This more expansive media handling means organizations can save money by bringing more jobs in house, e.g., postcards, banners and point-of-purchase displays. The printer can easily handle envelopes in every tray without special configuration.

For companies […]

Orlando, FL, June 16, 2015 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today unveiled the 5th Color Kit, a valuable collection of applications that commercial printers can use to demonstrate eye-catching five-color output to their customers. These practical applications – including tickets, fliers, badges and other documents commercial print customers often shop for – are bundled with step-by-step instructions for users looking to replicate them, along with detailed, need-to-know procedures like switching between white and clear toner. The 5th Color Kit is available for viewing at the Ricoh booth, #300, at IPMA in Orlando, Fla., this week.

The affordability of the RICOH Pro C7100X series gives printers the ability to broaden their portfolios. Now they can produce applications that take full advantage of the vastly expanded creative range a fifth color station affords. Expanded capabilities include the use of a much wider variety of substrates, as well as working with designs that could not be adequately reproduced by a four-color process.

“Commercial printers are seeking to expand into new markets, such as retail and fashion, at an affordable price point,” said John Fulena, Vice President, Production Print Business Group, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “What’s great about the 5th Color Kit is that it’s a practical guide that empowers them to do just that. It highlights the kind of applications commercial printers are looking for to increase revenues and incremental business – while also helping their customers deliver new, value-added services to their end users.”

“We are always open to new opportunities and have been looking to break into high-end retail for a long time but we needed the right technology at the right price to deliver the results these types of clients demand,” said Nathaniel Grant, owner of GAM Graphics and Marketing. “Now, with the 5th Color Kit from Ricoh and the RICOH Pro C7100X, we’re doing the work we’ve always wanted […]